Aliko Dangote, 62, has an estimated net worth of $14.4billion and has been vocal in his desire to purchase Arsenal on numerous occasions in the past – now he’s spoken again.

Nigerian business magnate Aliko Dangote has once again declared his intention to buy Arsenal Football Club… in 2021.

Dangote is an Arsenal fan, and has previously earmarked 2020 as the year where he could make a bid to buy the Gunners, but that seems to have now been put back by a year due to his business ventures.

Dangote, Africa’s richest man, has previously made a number of statements about his desire to purchase the Gunners.

During the last five years, the 62 year-old has made separate claims, on no less than five occasions, about his want to lead an Emirates takeover.﻿

Dangote, who is the 96th wealthiest man in the world, according to Bloomberg’s Billionaire’s Index, started his first business at the age of 21 and also founded Africa’s largest cement provider, stated in 2018 his desire to make a move for the North London club in 2020.

“We will go after Arsenal from 2020… even if somebody buys, we will still go after it,” he told Reuters in 2018.

Now he has altered his plans, amid a holdup with his Dangote Refinery project.

The Dangote Refinery remains under construction in the remote Ibeju-Lekki suburb of Lagos and is expected to be one of the world’s largest oil refineries once complete.

However, with that project having experienced numerous delays and now not set to be completed until 2021, Dangote’s timescale has changed.

In an interview with Bloomberg (Video above), broadcast on the most recent edition The David Rubinstein Show, Dangote – who has an estimated net worth of $14.1bn – reiterates his intentions for the Premier League outfit.